Robin Dunne

Isabel Sullivan has just moved to a small town to live with her uncle Paul who is the town's mayor. Isabel has recently lost her parents in a car accident. Feeling very alone and friendless, Isabel befriends a stray robot dog named ARCHIE. Though he looks like a normal dog, he is anything but. He can talk. He can run at blinding speed. He's got super strength and x-ray vision. Isabel and Archie become fast friends.

Dr. Helen Magnus, a beautiful and enigmatic scientist and her team run Sanctuary, an organization that seeks out intelligent non-human or mutated creatures to study and protect them.

Archie tags along as his owner Sydney runs away to join a struggling family circus. But clumsy Sydney's only hope of stardom is a fake ventriloquist act featuring his wisecracking, woofing pal. Together, they're a hit, and the circus is saved, until a villain plots to steal the priceless dog and trade him for big bucks.